1 Rinse and pat dry the broccoli. 2  Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat, add the crushed red pepper and heat 1 minute. 3  Cook and stir the broccoli in the skillet until it begins to get crispy, 5 to 7 minutes.
figuratively/ literally. Figuratively means metaphorically, and literally describes something that actually happened. If you say that a guitar solo literally blew your head off, your head should not be attached to your body. But they're also going to create literally a tidal wave of data. There wasn't an actual tidal wave, just a lot of data.
C2 an expression, often found in literature, that describes a person or object by referring to something that is considered to have similar characteristics to that person or object: The mind is an ocean and the city is a jungle are both metaphors. Metaphor and simile are the most commonly used figures of speech in everyday language. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words. Figurative use of language. a metaphor for sth idiom. allegory.